Abandoned Building: Danebo Flowers & Gifts, Eugene, Oregon

During my photographic travels of today, I decided to take a picture of this long-abandoned florist's shop in West Eugene, fairly close to where I live. This flower shop closed sometime in the 1990s, and was one of several casualties of the neighborhood's business slump, caused by a heinous murder at a nearby convenience store in the early 1990s (the infamous Dari-Mart Murder), and not remedied until a new subdivision with a shopping center, two gas stations and a replacement for the store the murder occurred in were built in approximately 2003.

 

Viewed from the front. Notice the graffiti on the unbroken windows.

From the side. That appears to be the remains of a topiary of some sort on the opposite side of the tree from the sign.

Poster advertising professional florists still hanging on a wall. Despite the abundance of broken glass and other vandalism inside the building (I didn't go inside, but I saw it through the windows), it's strange that this poster and the office window next to it are intact.

Empty 40-ounce malt liquor jug on window ledge, behind filthy glass and peeling paint. Someone's definitely been inside this building since it ceased business, and it wasn't me!

The building being slowly taken over by ivy. This used to be the side door.

Considering that there is a childcare facility directly across the street from the part of the building still bearing signage, and that the rest of the neighborhood has been extensively redeveloped, it surprises me that this building hasn't been renovated or demolished.